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ROBERT C. FORNEY
ROBERT C. FORNEY
Pages 109-112
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He was born March 13, 1927, in Chicago, to Peter Clyde and Hildur Hogland Forney. If ever there was a role model for how a life should be led, Bob Forney illustrates one to near perfection.
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He was elected to the NAE in 1989 and served on 19 studies and panels as either chair or contributing member. For example, he was a member of the National Research Council Panel on Technical Evaluation of NASA's Proposed Redesign of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, which led to greatly improved safety of all subsequent space shuttle missions.
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In 2016 he gave his collection to the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation for display in its museum in Wilmington, Delaware. Beyond these extracurricular efforts Bob found time to involve his children and many of his grandchildren in his lifetime love of sailing, travel to exotic places, and even his love of acting, especially whenever "the Bard" was featured.
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